“Despite the difficult environment, we continue to make progress in areas under our control,” says Cumulus Media President and CEO Mary Berner, who focused on operational discipline and diversification in the broadcaster's Q3 2025 earnings call. [read more]
Q3 reports are rolling in across broadcasting. You're seeing what worked, what didn't, and where the opportunities are hiding. Smart executives know right now is when you build the strategy that makes Q3 2025 your best quarter yet. [read more]
The increasingly bitter dispute between NPR and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has its trial date. On Thursday, US District Judge Randolph D. Moss ordered an expedited bench trial to determine whether CPB unlawfully retaliated against the network. [read more]
The Radio Hall of Fame welcomed its 2025 class Thursday evening at Chicago's Swissotel, honoring eleven inductees whose voices, vision, and business acumen have helped define American radio broadcasting across decades and formats. [read more]
(Randy Lane) Have you ever been to a party and gotten trapped with someone talking nonstop about themselves? Every other word is “I.” What a turnoff. You just want to escape. It may seem like common knowledge by now, but too many talent still avoid "you." [read more]
(Buzz Knight) The concept of bringing internal specialists into a radio station is nothing new. We’ve often seen it within sales teams, where a new business specialist focuses on gaining clients or a specialist is tasked with focusing on a particular vertical. But why stop at sales? [read more]
SiriusXM entered Q4 with renewed confidence, raising guidance after a flat but resilient third quarter that saw record free cash flow, rising ad and podcast revenue, and the groundwork laid for addressable in-car advertising and a new era of digital growth. [read more]
Gary Weiss, who has led Urban One's Raleigh market since August 2000, will step down at the end of the year. With Weiss’s impending retirement, the broadcaster has appointed Vice President of National Sales Mitch Galvin as cluster General Manager, effective November 1. [read more]
iHeartMedia San Francisco has made a decidedly digital choice to lead sales and client growth for its seven-station Bay Area group. AdTech executive Annalee Gould is joining the cluster as Senior VP of Sales, bringing her background in fintech, crypto, and AI. [read more]
After celebrating his 40th anniversary with the station in June, Steve Bertrand will retire from Nexstar Media Group Chicago’s WGN Radio on November 13. Bertrand began at WGN Radio as an intern and was hired full-time in 1985. He has anchored news since 1992. [read more]
Digital audio ad tech operation Triton Digital has brought to market an AI-powered self-service advertising platform for podcast, broadcast, and streaming audio, aiming to give broadcasters new access to small and mid-sized business client revenue. [read more]
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TelevisaUnivision has announced that TUDN Radio has entered an exclusive multi-year agreement with the Miami Marlins, granting the company’s audio division the Spanish-language radio rights in the US for the next three Serie del Caribe tournaments. [read more]
This week’s Radio Ink Blast From The Past looks back at perhaps the most famous Halloween broadcast in radio history. Send your Blast From The Past to Editor-in-Chief Cameron Coats for your chance to be featured. [read more]
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“Despite the difficult environment, we continue to make progress in areas under our control,” says Cumulus Media President and CEO Mary Berner, who focused on operational discipline and diversification in the broadcaster's Q3 2025 earnings call.
Q3 reports are rolling in across broadcasting. You're seeing what worked, what didn't, and where the opportunities are hiding. Smart executives know right now is when you build the strategy that makes Q3 2025 your best quarter yet.
The increasingly bitter dispute between NPR and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has its trial date. On Thursday, US District Judge Randolph D. Moss ordered an expedited bench trial to determine whether CPB unlawfully retaliated against the network.
The Radio Hall of Fame welcomed its 2025 class Thursday evening at Chicago's Swissotel, honoring eleven inductees whose voices, vision, and business acumen have helped define American radio broadcasting across decades and formats.
(Randy Lane) Have you ever been to a party and gotten trapped with someone talking nonstop about themselves? Every other word is “I.” What a turnoff. You just want to escape. It may seem like common knowledge by now, but too many talent still avoid "you."
(Buzz Knight) The concept of bringing internal specialists into a radio station is nothing new. We’ve often seen it within sales teams, where a new business specialist focuses on gaining clients or a specialist is tasked with focusing on a particular vertical. But why stop at sales?
SiriusXM entered Q4 with renewed confidence, raising guidance after a flat but resilient third quarter that saw record free cash flow, rising ad and podcast revenue, and the groundwork laid for addressable in-car advertising and a new era of digital growth.
Gary Weiss, who has led Urban One's Raleigh market since August 2000, will step down at the end of the year. With Weiss’s impending retirement, the broadcaster has appointed Vice President of National Sales Mitch Galvin as cluster General Manager, effective November 1.
iHeartMedia San Francisco has made a decidedly digital choice to lead sales and client growth for its seven-station Bay Area group. AdTech executive Annalee Gould is joining the cluster as Senior VP of Sales, bringing her background in fintech, crypto, and AI.
After celebrating his 40th anniversary with the station in June, Steve Bertrand will retire from Nexstar Media Group Chicago’s WGN Radio on November 13. Bertrand began at WGN Radio as an intern and was hired full-time in 1985. He has anchored news since 1992.
Digital audio ad tech operation Triton Digital has brought to market an AI-powered self-service advertising platform for podcast, broadcast, and streaming audio, aiming to give broadcasters new access to small and mid-sized business client revenue.
TelevisaUnivision has announced that TUDN Radio has entered an exclusive multi-year agreement with the Miami Marlins, granting the company’s audio division the Spanish-language radio rights in the US for the next three Serie del Caribe tournaments.
This week’s Radio Ink Blast From The Past looks back at perhaps the most famous Halloween broadcast in radio history. Send your Blast From The Past to 
